Kinematics of globular cluster systems in galaxy mergers

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Jul 2008

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Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 245, p. 77-

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Galaxies: Formation, Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Kinematics And Dynamics, Galaxies: Star Clusters, (Galaxy:) Globular Clusters: General, Methods: N-Body Simulations

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We use numerical simulations to study how the spatial distribution and kinematics of globular cluster systems (GCS) are affected by galaxy mergers. Each progenitor galaxy is given a GCS modeled after the Galactic GCS. We then study how a major merger affects the spatial distribution and kinematics of the GCS. Here we present our methodology. Future work will investigate the effects of varying galaxy parameters, merger orbital parameters, and initial GCS number density profile and kinematics. We hope to be able to extract information about the merger history of a galaxy from observations of its GCS spatial distribution and kinematics.

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